This measure would designate the week of May 2 to May 8, 2010, as Public Service Recognition Week, and encourage all Californians to recognize the crucial role of public employees in this state.
This measure would designate that January 18, 2010, be observed as the official memorial of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth, commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement in changing public policy in California and in the United States of America.
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to release a prisoner on a specified period of parole after the expiration of a term of imprisonment. Under existing law, the department is authorized to return a parolee to prison if the Board of Parole Hearings determines that the parolee violated the terms of his or her parole, as specified. Under existing law the department is prohibited from returning a parolee to prison, placing a parole hold on the parolee, or reporting the parolee to the Board of Parole Hearings for a violation of parole, if the parolee has not committed a violent or serious felony, is not required to register as a sex offender, was not found guilty of a serious disciplinary offense while in prison, is not a validated member of a prison gang, and has been determined by using a validated risk assessment tool as not posing a high risk to refined, as specified. This bill would provide that a person shall not be granted nonrevocable parole, as described above, if he or she is required to register pursuant to the California Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act, is listed on the CalGang System, or has identified himself or herself as a gang member to a staff member of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The bill would provide that a person shall not be granted nonrevocable parole if the person was committed to prison for solicitation of murder, involuntary manslaughter, stalking, or domestic violence, possession of an explosive or destructive device, unlawfully causing a fire to an inhabited structure, cruelty against children, battery resulting in serious bodily injury, battery against a peace officer, evading a police officer, or if the person has a previous conviction for one of these crimes. The bill would also provide that a person shall not be granted nonrevocable parole if an objection to the person's parole, by a local law enforcement agency, has been sustained by either the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the Board of Parole Hearings, as specified. This bill would require the department to inform a local law enforcement agency within 48 hours of determining that a prisoner is eligible to be released on nonrevocable parole in the local agency's jurisdiction, and to provide local law enforcement 10 business days to object to the person's release. This bill would require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or his or her designee, to review any objection and to not grant nonrevocable parole if the department concurs with the objection. If the department does not concur, the bill would require the Board of Parole Hearings to hold a public hearing in which the person's victims would be permitted to testify, and would require a 23 vote of the board to release the person on nonrevocable parole. This bill would require the department to provide certain information on its Internet Web site regarding inmates released to nonrevocable parole, as specified. This bill would require that parole information be accessible to law enforcement agencies through the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, as specified.
Existing law establishes the Capitol Area Plan as the official state master plan for development in the central city of the City of Sacramento, and requires that it be a guide for future state policy in the expansion of the state's physical plant and in the locating of state buildings and other facilities in the metropolitan area. Existing law defines metropolitan area for this purpose as the greater metropolitan Sacramento area, including the City of Sacramento, the County of Sacramento, and the eastern part of Yolo County. Existing law requires the Department of General Services to report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and each member of the Legislature annually, summarizing various actions in connection with the Capitol Area Plan. This bill would require the Department of General Services to request, and the Controller to provide, specified aggregated demographic information on employees of state agencies in the metropolitan area of and in each incorporated city in, Sacramento County. This bill would require this information be reported to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and each Member of the Legislature, as described above.
Under existing law, local governments are authorized to provide for the compensation of local elected and appointed officials, as specified. The California Constitution authorizes the California Citizens Compensation Committee to establish the salaries for state officers, including constitutional officers and members of the Legislature. This bill would require each general law or charter city, county, city and county, special district, school district, and joint powers agency to post on its official Internet Web site, if it maintains one, and annually update, annual salary information pertaining to specified persons, including, among others, each elected or appointed official of that entity, thus imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill would provide that this provision not become operative if a specified condition occurs. This bill would require each constitutional officer to post on his or her official Internet Web site, and update on an annual basis, the annual salary for that constitutional officer, any appointed or exempt deputies, and any appointed or exempt employees of that constitutional officer. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to display and regularly update, on its official Internet Web site, the annual salary of its members, officers, and employees, as specified. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law provides that there is in existence within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation the Prison Industry Authority under the direction of the Prison Industry Board. Under existing law, the authority has jurisdiction over the operation of all industrial, agricultural, and service enterprises employing prisoners in institutions under the jurisdiction of the department and has the power to establish new enterprises which it deems appropriate. Under existing law, products made by enterprises under the authority's jurisdiction shall be purchased by the state or a state agency, and may be purchased by a local agency or by a state agency to be offered for sale to persons residing in state-operated institutions at prices fixed by the authority. This bill would provide that, notwithstanding requirements imposed on state agencies to purchase Prison Industry Authority products, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall not be restricted from entering into contracts with private entities or other public agencies for locally produced perishable goods provided at a lower price than the price available from the Prison Industry Authority, provided that the contract is to provide these goods to a facility that is located in a county with a population of 50,000 or less.
Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, requires that the Secretary of State maintain on the Internet an updated list of lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbying employers. The act further requires lobbyist employers and persons making certain payments to influence legislative or administrative action to file periodic statements disclosing, among other things, their lobbying interests. This bill would require lobbyists who are required to file periodic reports with the Secretary of State to include the specific bill numbers lobbied on during the reporting period. This bill would also require the Secretary of State, within 90 days of the end of each calendar quarter, to display on the office's Internet Web site a list of the lobbying interests containing a specific bill number reference which were reported to the Secretary of State pursuant to those provisions and a list of those lobbyist employers who reported those interests in the prior calendar quarter. The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
This measure would memorialize the Congress and the President of the United States to uphold protections of women's equality and to encourage all Americans to participate in the celebration of Women's Equality Day on August 26, 2010, the 90th anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave women the right to vote.
The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes a credit against the taxes imposed by that law in an amount equal to the lesser of 5% of the purchase price or $10,000 in the case of the purchase of a qualified principal residence on and after March 1, 2009, and before March 1, 2010, but not to exceed an aggregate limitation of $100,000,000 for all credits allowable. Existing law requires a certification that the residence has never been occupied be provided to the Franchise Tax Board within one week of the sale of the qualified principal residence. This bill would limit the credit to taxpayers who purchased a qualified principal residence on and after March 1, 2009, and before July 3, 2009, and on and after the effective date of this bill and before March 1, 2010. This bill would also require the aggregate limitation of credits to be reduced by a specified amount per certification received by the Franchise Tax Board. (2) The bill would appropriate the sum of $44,000 from the General Fund to the Franchise Tax Board, in augmentation of a specified appropriation made in the 2009-10 Budget Act. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This measure would commend the Girl Scouts for 98 years of service and for inspiring millions of girls with the highest ideals of confidence, courage, and character.
